I played elastics. I think we called it Ching Chang. I went to a Catholic school in the US from 1958 to 1965. Also, we added four versus to the sailor ryhmm.

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea...(hold hand above eyebrow and look around)

A sailor went to knee, knee, knee...(pat knees)

A sailor went to chop, chop, chop...(chopping motion on the arm)

A sailor went to oowatchica...(bend at the knees and circle the hips)

then we would do them all together quickly
A sailor went to sea, chop, knee, owatchica...

Who knows who might have added the versus. It could have been one of my classmates.


My mother used to say this rhymm

There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead
When she was good, she was very, very good
But when she was bad, she was horrid.